just finished this baby up a week or so ago and batoned a few logs with it :-) I didn't really need the knife I just wanted to do a handle project on an SRK like I did on my Master Hunter to see if I could do it better and I did. I reground the knife to a convex edge and squared the spine of the blade for firesteel use. The handle is awesomely comfortable. Im not going to BS you, while Carbon V SRK's are rare(er), you CAN still get them just not 1 like this 1. Ill sell this knife for $135 TYD